Carbon Sequestration
As opinion an opinion leader on environmental issues Alberta, the Toxics Watch Society of Alberta needs to develop a position on carbon sequestration.
The Canadian federal government will announce in March, 2007 that it is investing $150 million in a carbon sequestration pipeline.
The pipeline will be used to move CO2 from large emitters to aging oil fields. There, it will be pumped into the oil fields to enable enhanced recovery of oil. I have always wondered whether there is a net reduction (a net sequestration) of carbon. In other words, is more carbon stored as CO2 than is released as recovered oil?
From the article linked to above: "In Weyburn, Sask., EnCana uses 1.5 million tonnes of gas [per year] from North Dakota to help pump out 30,000 barrels of oil a day."
That sounds great, but Jamais Cascio said of the Weyburn project that "the additional oil puts out more CO2 than is buried."
Bummer. Carbon Sequestration seems to be just another way to increase drawdown of fossil fuels, with a net increase of CO2 emissions.
The Canadian federal government will announce in March, 2007 that it is investing $150 million in a carbon sequestration pipeline.
The pipeline will be used to move CO2 from large emitters to aging oil fields. There, it will be pumped into the oil fields to enable enhanced recovery of oil. I have always wondered whether there is a net reduction (a net sequestration) of carbon. In other words, is more carbon stored as CO2 than is released as recovered oil?
From the article linked to above: "In Weyburn, Sask., EnCana uses 1.5 million tonnes of gas [per year] from North Dakota to help pump out 30,000 barrels of oil a day."
That sounds great, but Jamais Cascio said of the Weyburn project that "the additional oil puts out more CO2 than is buried."
Bummer. Carbon Sequestration seems to be just another way to increase drawdown of fossil fuels, with a net increase of CO2 emissions.